Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34881, Thomas Ford, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Ford, Thomas
S. 34881
CONTENTS

13,947 R
Massachusetts
Thomas Ford
of Ashfield in the state of Massachusetts who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Baily of the Massachusetts line, for the term of One year
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 13 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 of June 1818 and sent to Blyth Paine Esq. Ashfield Massachusetts
Arrears to 4th of Mar. 1819. 85. 83
Semi-ann. all'ce ending Sep. 1819. 48. 00
10. 18 4. 10. 30 31
$133. 83
v claim, } h, 1818. }
[Faint mirrored handwriting from the reverse side of the page]

Declaration & Petition of Thomas Hardy
76-19m.
Bayly class Rec.
Prayer of service wanted
Hamilla
15 Apr. 8

I Thomas Ford a citizen of the United States resident in the Town of Hawley in the County of Franklin and Commonwealth of Massachusetts do on Oath declare, that I belonged to the Army of the United States in the revolutionary war. I enlisted into the service of my Country sometime in the month of April in the Year of our Lord Seventeen hundred and Seventy five as a private Soldier for the term of eight months into a company commanded by Captain Hamlin I believe, and in a Regiment of the Massachusetts Line commanded by Colonel John Bayley and I continued in the service until I had a man to take my place which I think was six or seven months and I served my Country faithfully during the said six or seven months. I again enlisted into the service of my Country on the first day of January in the Year of our Lord Seventeen hundred and Seventy six as a private Soldier for the term of One Year into a company commanded by Captain William Reed in a Regiment of the Massachusetts Line commanded by Colonel Col. John Bayley. And I continued in the service of my Country during the said term of One Year faithfully discharging the duties of a Soldier against the common enemy and at the expiration of the said One Year on the Twenty Thirtieth day of December in the Year of our Lord Seventeen hundred and Seventy six I was honourably dismissed and I received no pay or written discharge. I was at the taking of Berrues at Trenton and of Forting Brandywine And that I by reason of my reduced circumstances stand in need of the assistance of my Country for Support
Value at Askfield in the County and Commonwealth of Virginia this thirteenth day of April in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and eighteen
Thomas Ford
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Franklin to April 13 - 9x14
The above named Thomas Ford personally appeared and made Oath that the foregoing De- -claration by him subscribed is true and just. In witness whereof the said Thomas Ford has hereunto set his hand and seal this 13th day of April 1818.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Franklin Is April 13 th 1818
We Noah Joy and Edmund Longley, Jurors both of Hawley in the County and Commonwealth of Mass, and Select men of the same Hawley do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Thomas Lander who has subsisted the within declaration, and consider him a man of Truth and veracity and he is every way and destitute of Property
Noah Joy
Edmund Longley Jr
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Franklin Is. April 13 - 1818
The above named Noah Joy and Edmund Longley Jr generally appeared and made Oath that the foregoing Affidavit by them subscribed is true
Before me Elijah Paine Judge & war
To the Secretary of the Department of War
I the Subscriber a Session Judge of the Circuit Court of Commonwealth for the County of Franklin in the Commonwealth of Mass do hereby certify, that from the testimony of said it appears to my satisfaction

I Obed Shaw of Cummington in the County of Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts being sixty three years of age, and Jacob Clark of Plainfield in the County aforesaid aged sixty three years, do testify and say that we both enlisted as Private Soldiers on the first day of January 1776 into the Company commanded by Capt. William Reed in the Reg t commanded by Col o John Bailey in the Massachusetts line in the Revolutionary war for a year and we continued to serve in said Company until Jan y 1777 and we have both received our Pension Certificates for said service. And we further testify and say that Thomas Ford whose application for a pension is on this sheet, enlisted into the same Company & Reg t above stated at the same time with us and he continued to serve in the same Company and Reg t aforesaid with us until Jan y 1777 when his time of enlistment for one year expired and he was honorably discharged at Trenton in the State of New Jersey. The said Thomas Ford is in reduced circumstances and is so poor that he is partly supported by the Town of Hawley where he belongs. and further say not of W ch 4 th 1819 Obed Shaw Jacob Clark
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampshire ss Feb y 24 th 1819 Obed Shaw & Jacob Clark above named, both known to me to be credible and disinterested witnesses, and made solemn oath that the foregoing deposition by them subscribed is the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
Before me Samuel H. H. H. Judge of the Court of Probate of Wills & and a Justice of the Peace within the said County —

Thomas Ford's application for a Pension -

That the within named Thomas Lord served in the revolutionary War against the Common enemy as he has set forth in his Declaration for said and that he stands in need of the Assistance of his Country for Support - Dated at Ashfield this thirteenth day of April in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and eighteen and Sealed with the Seal of the Court of Common Elijah Paine Judge etc.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Franklin ss May 31. 1819
I hereby further certify that I have annexed the depositions of Rev. Alma and Jacob Clark to this Sheet as evidence of the Service
Elijah Paine A Superior Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the County of Franklin

34 881 1776 INVALID.
File No. 34,881
Thomas St
His Rev. Father
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2, Page 142
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Write to the Selectmen of Hawley in Franklin Co. Mass. enquiring whether Thomas Ford within a few years past been in Plymouth County; And if so, at what time. It is thought that there may be only one of the name, who has made both these declarations. See letter as above 11/4/22 Nov 1822 —

Hanley. 26 th Nov. 1822. —
V. L. Edwards Esq.
Dear Sir, Agreeable to request
we would inform You that, Thomas Ford, a Pensioner, residing in this Town, is a poor dumb old man, & was for years before receiving a pension supported by the Town, and never was in possession of his pension Certificate, there having been a Guardian appointed who received it; and we presume he has not been in Plymouth County for more than ten years past, or even ten miles from home. —
Very Respectfully
Your Ob st Serv ts
Edmund Longley } Selectmen William Bapett } of Hanley Horekiah Harrington } Selectmen

13.947
Thomas Ford
Can
Sept. 10/19.
Did 25 July 1829

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
FRANKLIN ss.
At a Special Session of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Western Circuit, began and holden at Greenfield, within and for the County of Franklin, on Monday the tenth day of July, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and twenty, et de die in diem to the fifteenth day of the same month,
PERSONALLY appeared in open Court, being a Court of Record, within and for said County of Franklin, established as such by the Constitution and Laws of said Commonwealth, Edmond Longley & Gerasim for Thomas Ford a non compos aged Seventy years, resident in Hawley in said County, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows: The said Thomas Ford has proved his service as a soldier in the Revolutionary War. On the thirteenth day of April 1818 he applied for a Pension, and has obtained a Pension certificate N o 13,947 and that the said Thomas Ford is believed to be seventy years of age and upwards, has a wife near his age, both being unable to labor and have been supported by the town of Hawley. —

and I do solemnly swear, that he the said Thomas  he was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of his  my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring him  myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for him  me , any property or securities, contracts or debts, due to him  me , nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed. whatever
Edmond Longley Jr. Guardian for Thomas Ford
Sworn to and declared, on the tenth day of July A. D. 1820, before the said Court.
Attest, E. Alvord CLERK.
I ELIJAH ALVORD, Clerk of the aforesaid Court, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the Schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of the said Court; and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid
Schedule is  Thomas Ford has no property or income required by law to be exhibited
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this fifteenth day of July, 1820.
E. Alvord CLERK.